Yes, that is Berlin's current motto according to my tour guide today. Berlin definitely looks poor, but I wouldn't say it looks very sexy (although my tour guide was). The tour left from my hostel and featured the major historical landmarks of Berlin. On the tour I met an American girl just starting out on her two-month Euro trip so I hung out with her. Here are the highlights of the four-hour tour:
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| Largest Berlin church |
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| This is where Hitler gave speeches |
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| This is where a Hitler assassination attempt occured |
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| War memorial |
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| Humboldt University... looks a lot different than the one in California (Albert Einstein taught here) |
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| Underground a memorial is built for the Nazi book burning; the room has shelves built to house the ghost of every book |
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| Checkpoint Charlie: step right up, pay 1 euro, and take a picture with an "American soldier" |
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| Cool street art |
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| My awesome tour guide giving a history lesson. He is a singer in an electronic rock band! |
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| A parking lot? Yes, this is built on top of Hitler's bunker where he committed suicide |
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| No, I didn't see Will Ferrell dressed as a Nazi... but every time I hear German I imagine Will from The Producers and I start laughing |
At night I met an Icelandic dude from Couch Surfing... we walked to a cafe down the street and there, just by chance, we ran into about 50 other couch surfers having their weekly language conversation meet-up where they teach each other different languages! The room was filled with people from all over the world. I met one man who actually hosted a friend of mine from school! The world is so little!
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| Just the typical ugly Berlin intersection |
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| My awesome hostel: Circus |
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| A typical building in Berlin is covered in... art? |
Try and see some of the beautiful areas outside of Berlin - you can take the subway to Wannsee and take a boatride which stops at the Pfaueninsel (peacock island) and you
ReplyDeletecan take a day trip to Postdam and see Sansouci - I did both and they were memorable. Near Wannsee is the Liebermann-Villa am Wannsee which offers an insight into the works of the impressionist painter Max Liebermann. There is also an amazing garden. Kristin's friend is a docent there.